International Handbook of Women and Small Business Entrepreneurship

Contents:

Preface

PART I: WOMEN INTO ENTERPRISE - PERSONALITY AND BEHAVIOUR CHARACTERISTICS
1. Why Women Enter into Small Business Ownership
Muriel Orhan

2. Characteristics of Women Small Business Owners
Sherrill R. Taylor and Julia D. Newcomer

3. Analysing Achievement, Motivation and Leadership in Women Entrepreneurs: A New Integration
Janice Langan-Fox

4. Career Paths of Women Business Owners
Dorothy Perrin Moore

PART II: WOMEN INTO ENTERPRISE - CONSTRAINTS AND CONDITIONS FOR SUCCESS
5. The Constraints Facing Women Entering Small Business Ownership
Leonie V. Still

6. The Financing of Small Businesses - Female Experiences and Strategies
Susan Marlow and Dean Patton

7. Succession Planning in Small Firms: Gender Impacts
Lynn M. Martin and Chris Martin

8. The Impact of Family Support on the Success of Women Business Owners
Nancy Rogers

PART III: WOMEN INTO ENTERPRISE - BLACK AND ETHNIC MINORITY SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS
9. African American Women and Small Business Start-up: Backgrounds, Goals and Strategies used by African American Women in the Initialization and Operation of Small Businesses
Katherine Inman and Linda M. Grant

10. The Experiences of Asian Women Entering Business Start-up in the UK
Adel J. Dawe and Sandra L. Fielden

11. Ethnicity and Gender in Women's Businesses in New Zealand
Judith K. Pringle and Rachel Wolfgramm

12. Hispanic Women Entrepreneurs and Small Business Owners in the USA
Yolanda Sarason and Morgan Morrison

PART IV: WOMEN INTO ENTERPRISE - A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE
13. Women into Enterprise - A European and International Perspective
Mary van der Boon

14. Women Entrepreneurs in Singapore
Jean Lee

15. The Changing Experience of Australian Women Entrepreneurs
Susan Dann and Rebekah Bennett

16. Women Small Business Owners in India
P. Sudarsanan Pillai and K.P. Saraswathy Amma

17. 'I'm Out of Here': Women Leaving Companies in the USA to Start their Own Businesses
Mary C. Mattis

PART V: WOMEN INTO ENTERPRISE - FUTURE PERSPECTIVES AND RECOMMENDATIONS
18. Past Journeys: Global Lessons Learned from Entrepreneurial Women in US History
Jeannette Oppedisano

19. Women's Entrepreneurship: Exploring New Avenues
Kiran Mirchandani

20. The Way Forward for Women Business Owners
Sandra L. Fielden and Marilyn J. Davidson

Index

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